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Old 02-19-07, 07:30 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Re: New.... R C R 917K..... New

Wow, this is great news! When I first learned that the tube version was $100k, it was quite a let down for me. This new version sounds a lot more feasible.

But I have some questions: what is sacrificed by making the chassis out of aluminum? How is this going to affect the weight of the car? How about the stiffness? Is it still going to be dimensioned for the original massive 12 cylinder engine? (giving us room to maybe mount something else?)

I think a lot of us out here are thinking about all the technical aspects of the car; and running though our heads thousands of different engine combinations that might work. We know how big the original engine is from pictures, so I’m thinking of engines that size
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